Category World
Determination leading to success in Sicuani, Peru
By Sister Ancilla Maloney, IHM High in the south Andes mountains of Peru sits the Quechua community of Acco Acco Phalla, at an altitude of over 12,000 feet above sea level. (Acco means wind in Quechua. Two accos means it’s…
Pope Leo XIV announces 2027 World Youth Day Location
Following the Angelus on 3 August during the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo XIV announced the dates for the next World Youth Day, which is to be held in Seoul, South Korea in 2027. Click to see more about this…
Pope Francis in Memoriam – December 17, 1936 – April 21, 2025
Statement on the passing of Pope Francis The Most Reverend Larry J. Kulick Bishop of Greensburg GREENSBURG, PA – “Today, I join with the clergy, religious and the faithful of the Diocese of Greensburg in mourning the loss of our…
Preparations underway for the Holy Year 2025: Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To help people who cannot travel to Rome but want to pray at the tomb of St. Peter and cross the threshold of the Holy Door, St. Peter’s Basilica is installing new webcams. Franciscan Father Enzo…
Pope says he’ll canonize Acutis, Frassati, host meeting on child’s rights
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world meeting on the rights of the child Feb. 3. Blessed Carlo Acutis,…
Pope to visit Asia, Oceania in September
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ trip to Asia and Oceania in September will be a trip of religious, economic and social contrasts. Visiting four nations Sept. 2-13, the 87-year-old pope will be making the longest trip of his pontificate,…
Jubilee 2025
As the Universal Church looks toward the Jubilee Year 2025, the USCCB is thrilled to support the Holy Father in this “event of great spiritual, ecclesial, and social significance in the life of the Church.” Pope Francis stated in his…
Lasting peace requires all warring parties in dialogue, cardinal says
SWITZERLAND – CNS – The only way to achieve true, stable and just peace is by having all sides of a conflict involved in dialogue, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said at a peace summit in Switzerland. “The…
Proclaiming Holy Year, pope says it is time to strengthen and share hope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “The time has come for a new Jubilee when once more the Holy Door will be flung open to invite everyone to an intense experience of the love of God that awakens in hearts the sure…
Cardinal: Vocation is call to happiness; right path is discerned in prayer
The World Day of Prayer for Vocations will be celebrated April 21. VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At its most basic level, a vocation is a call to happiness, said Korean Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for Clergy.…
Pope Francis’ Lenten Message 2024
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Lent is a time to free oneself from slavery and take action to free others suffering from the multiple forms of slavery that afflict the world, Pope Francis said. Even though baptism has begun a process…